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EDAX Insight Vol. 23 No. 4

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Articles include: EDS analysis of Au-WS2 core–shell nanoparticles – Alternative master patterns for spherical indexing: Improving time to results for OIM Matrix – Revealing the distribution of fluorine in battery cathodes with EDS and WDS mapping
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EDAX Insight Vol. 23 No. 3

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Articles include: Breakthroughs in light element detection using a large area windowless EDS detector – Precision forensic glass analysis using the EDAX Orbis II micro-XRF system – Characterizing silicon carbide polymorphs with EBSD using spherical indexing
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EDAX Insight Vol. 23 No. 2

Monday, August 18, 2025

Articles include: Introducing the EDAX Orbis II micro-XRF system – EDAX OIM Analysis 9.1 –One-button analysis – A windowless EDS detector combining scientific grade performance and industrial grade robustness
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EDAX Insight Vol. 23 No. 1

Monday, March 31, 2025

Articles include: 3D EBSD and EDS characterization of additively manufactured Inconel 718 – Breaking through EDS limitations: A study on using WDS for silicon wafer contaminant detection – Use of a large area windowless EDS detector for quantitative analysis of heavy elements at high accelerating voltages
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EDAX Insight Vol. 22 No. 4

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Articles include: Introducing the EDAX Octane Elite Ultra EDS system – EBSD characterization of additively manufactured aluminum-silicon alloys using spherical indexing – Gatan launches the EDAX Elite T Ultra EDS system
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EDAX Insight Vol. 22 No. 3

Monday, October 7, 2024

Articles include: Evaluating spherical models of EBSD patterns for forward modeling indexing – Resolving bimodal grain distribution in Zr-Al alloy with high efficiency and accuracy – Maximizing speed and sensitivity: Simultaneous high-throughput EDS-WDS elemental mapping in the SEM
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EDAX Insight Vol. 22 No. 2

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Articles include: OIM Analysis – Revealing the lithium content in aerospace alloys – Characterizing composition and crystallography of a mixed halide perovskite in the SEM – Developing thinner diffusion barriers for the microelectronics industry with EDS
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EDAX Insight Vol. 22 No. 1

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Articles include: OIM Analysis – Setting the bar for EBSD data analysis – Analyzing a shot-peened titanium alloy with spherical indexing – On the accuracy of standardless EDS analysis in APEX EDS software for light and heavy elements – The Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis at The Ohio State University celebrates its 10th anniversary
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EDAX Insight Vol. 21 No. 4

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Articles include: Enhancements from EDS to WDS – Tips and tricks for OIM Matrix – Evaluation of the accuracy of standardless EDS analysis in APEX EDS software – EDAX and Gatan merge to offer the ultimate suite of microscopy tools
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EDAX Insight Vol. 21 No. 3

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Articles include: EDAX OIM Analysis 9 – The best just got better – Combining NPAR with spherical indexing – A unique method to solve the most challenging EBSD indexing problems – The effect of pattern size and sensitivity to noise refinement in EBSD patterns – EDAX and Gatan merge to offer the ultimate suite of microscopy tools
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EDAX Insight Vol. 21 No. 2

Monday, July 31, 2023

Articles include: Spherical indexing – Quantitative analysis of trace elements in solar cells by energy dispersive and cathodoluminescence spectroscopies – Hunting down 0.5 wt% rare earth element distribution in a Mg alloy sample using the EDAX Octane Elite Super EDS detector – EDAX and Gatan merge to offer the ultimate suite of microscopy tools
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EDAX Insight Vol. 21 No. 1

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Articles include: Improving the time to quality results with the Velocity Ultra EBSD detector and OIM Analysis 9 software – Using dictionary indexing to achieve near 100% indexing rate on a highly deformed α-Ti microstructure – Improved composition metrology in compound semiconductors using the Neptune system – EDAX and Gatan merge to offer the ultimate suite of microscopy tools
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EDAX Insight Vol. 20 No. 4

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Articles include: Introducing APEX 3.0 – Fully integrated EDS, EBSD, and WDS software suite – EBSD sample preparation on Al/Mg bulk material using the Gatan Ilion II System – Why you should save EBSD patterns
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EDAX Insight Vol. 20 No. 3

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Articles include: What’s New for EBSD: Velocity Ultra, OIM Analysis v9, and Spherical Indexing – Accurate elemental mapping of semiconductor devices – separating ‘overlapping’ peaks – Revealing lithium distribution at the microscale with Cipher – Precise elemental composition analysis during EBSD measurements
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EDAX Insight Vol. 20 No. 2

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Articles include: Characterizing directionally solidified Al-Cu-Mg eutectic alloys with combined EDS-EBSD – Reindexing data using ChI-Scan with non-ideal experimental conditions – how to work with shadowing and now EDS data – Fast-track the search for inclusions and trace elements with APEX Software – A brief review of EBSD sample preparation
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EDAX Insight Vol. 20 No. 1

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Articles include: Complete Characterization with Integrated EDS – EBSD – Phase Differentiation in Stainless Steel Oxide Scales – How to Correlate Micro-XRF and SEM-EDS for Optimal X-ray Characterization of Materials – Application of EBSD in Studying the correlation Between Structure-Texture and Tensile Properties in a Duplex-based Fe-Mn-Al-C Steel
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EDAX Insight Vol. 19 No. 4

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Articles include: Introducing the Clarity Super EBSD Analysis System – Ways to Improve the EDS Quantitative Results Accuracy: eZAF MACC Database and Correction Avoidance – Ways to Improve EDS Quantitative Results Accuracy: FSQ and SmartStandards
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EDAX Insight Vol. 19 No. 3

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Articles include: Quantitative Mapping of Lithium in the SEM Using Composition by Difference Method – Correlative Microscopy with OIM Analysis – Ways to Improve the EDS Quantitative Results Accuracy: Efficiency and eZAF SCC Database – National Institute of Standards and Technology Fatigue and Fracture Group, Boulder, CO
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EDAX Insight Vol. 19 No. 2

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Articles include: Low-Dose EBSD Analysis – Tips & Tricks: Before and After Deformation – Characterizing Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel with the Velocity Pro EBSD Camera – AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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EDAX Insight Vol. 19 No. 1

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Articles include: Introducing the Dual Detector Feature in APEX 2.1 – Tips & Tricks: Saving and Scaling Images in OIM Analysis – X-ray Mapping with Dual EDS Detectors – Alan Sandborg Named Fellow of the Microanalysis Society
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EDAX Insight Vol. 18 No. 4

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Articles include: New Velocity Pro EBSD Camera - Live Wt% Line Scan Across the Cutting Edge of a Razor Blade Sample - Parent Phase Reconstruction - Helmerich Research Center,
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
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EDAX Insight Vol. 18 No. 3

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Articles include: Octane Elite and Monarc Come Together to Capture EDS and CL Simultaneously - Tips & Tricks: Low Overvoltage Quantification with SCC - How Ion Milling Improves EBSD Specimen Preparation - Institute of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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EDAX Insight Vol. 18 No. 2

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Articles include: Introducing the Lambda WDS Analysis System - Tips & Tricks: Creating Reports for EBSD Data in APEX and OIM Analysis - EDS Maps of Entire Petrographic Sections via Montage Large Area Mapping in APEX 2.0 and Alignment Considerations - Molecular Analysis Facility, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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EDAX Insight Vol. 18 No. 1

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Articles include: Introducing APEX™ 2.0 – Tips & Tricks: Setting Up the Velocity™ EBSD System for High-Speed Collection – Making XRF Measurements Outside of the Elemental Detection Range – Research Service Centers, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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EDAX Insight Vol. 17 No. 4

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Articles include: Clarity™ - The World’s First Commercial Direct Electron Detector for EBSD – Tips & Tricks: Troubleshooting Indexing Problems on a Difficult Sample: A Look at Ice – Signal Emission Depth Estimates – EDS/WDS Geometry and the Famous Take-off Angle – Nanoscale Characterization Facility, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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EDAX Insight Vol. 17 No. 3

Monday, September 30, 2019

Articles include: Introducing APEX™ EBSD – Tips & Tricks: Background Analysis and Modeling – Surveying a Friction Stir Weld Using ComboScan for Large Area Mapping with the High-speed Velocity™ Camera – National Facility of Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM) & Texture, IIT Bombay, India
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EDAX Insight Vol. 17 No. 2

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Articles include: Dynamic Pattern Simulation - Tips & Tricks: Back to the Basics - Fast Modal Mineralogy via Smart Phase Mapping in APEX™ 1.5 - Geological and Environmental Sciences Department (GEOS), California State University, Chico
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EDAX Insight Vol. 17 No. 1

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Articles include: EDAX Standardless Quant Methods - High-Speed EBSD Mapping with the Velocity™ EBSD Camera Series - Tips & Tricks: Sample Symmetry in Texture Calculations - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud/Université Paris Saclay, France
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EDAX Insight Vol. 16 No. 4

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Articles include: EOIM Analysis™ 8.1 is Coming! - Tips & Tricks: Reduced Sampling for Texture Calculations - Characterizing the Microstructure of Nitrided Steel with Combined EDS-EBSD Analysis - Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, Akron, OH
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EDAX Insight Vol. 16 No. 3

Friday, September 28, 2018

Articles include: Elite T EDS System for the TEM - Tips & Tricks: Utilizing Standards to Improve Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy Quantification in TEAM™ - How to Get the Most Out of Orbis Micro-XRF Measurements with Multiple Acquisition Conditions - AK Steel, Research and Innovation Center, Middletown, OH
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